Demand & Supply Planning Manager
About The Position
The Demand & Supply Planning Manager ensures material availability supports production and revenue commitments by aligning supplier lead times and inbound materials with the production schedule. This role translates supply constraints into a rolling revenue forecast and serves as the single source of truth for material availability, aligning Operations, Procurement, Production, and Finance around a unified plan. By providing early visibility into supply risks, the Demand & Supply Planning Manager enables proactive decision-making, protects customer commitments, and helps prevent material delays from impacting shipments and revenue.
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of demand and supply planning, S&OP, and materials/production planning in an ingredient-driven manufacturing environment
- Ability to translate operational and supply data into financial outcomes — fluent with both the plant floor and the finance team
- Strong Excel and spreadsheet modeling skills, with hands-on experience in an ERP or MRP system (NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar)
- Proven ability to run a recurring cross-functional cadence (S&OP or similar) and hold stakeholders to a shared set of numbers
- Clear, concise communicator who can turn ambiguity into a specific, quantified risk statement
- 5+ years in demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, materials/production planning, or a closely related supply chain role, ideally in food, beverage, CPG, or another ingredient-driven manufacturing environment
- Hands-on experience managing materials procured to spec — coordinating supplier lead times, open POs, and receipts against a production schedule
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a contract manufacturing, co-manufacturing, or co-packing environment, planning across multiple clients and programs
- Experience tying supply constraints directly to revenue forecasting and monthly financial close; familiarity with perishable or short-shelf-life ingredients
- APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP)
Responsibilities
- Track incoming ingredient and raw material timing against production schedules —the majority procured to client specifications, with a portion client-supplied — maintaining a clear line of sight from purchase order to receipt to production run for each client
- Work closely with Procurement to monitor supplier lead times, open POs, delays, and substitutions, since supplier performance is the primary driver of what we can build and when
- Translate supply constraints into a rolling revenue forecast: what we can realistically produce, ship, and invoice this month based on what is actually landing and which client orders it unlocks
- Flag gaps early — for example, “Ingredient X for Client A is two weeks late from the supplier, putting $Y of billable production at risk this month” — quantifying the impact and surfacing it to leadership before it compounds
- Own a recurring cadence — typically weekly — where Supply, Procurement, Production, and Finance reconcile numbers and commit to a shared forecast
- Serve as the single point of truth that feeds leadership consistent, forward-looking revenue data tied to actual supply reality
- Build and maintain simple, trusted reporting and dashboards that make supply-to-revenue risk visible at a glance, by client and in aggregate
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off and holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contributions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
